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Saturn lighting problems

Across all Saturn models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,151 complaints involve lighting. The Outlook accounts for the largest share (42%). The single worst model year is the 2008 Outlook with 250 lighting complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
1,151 about lighting, all Saturn models
Most affected
Outlook 42% of these complaints
Typical mileage
53,000 miles 830 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
11 and 41

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Saturn models

ModelComplaintsShare
Outlook48542%
LS21319%
Aura14713%
Ion1069%
Vue575%
SL444%
L300262%
L200222%
Relay101%
Saturn91%

Worst model years for lighting

  1. 2008 Saturn Outlook250 complaints
  2. 2007 Saturn Outlook154 complaints
  3. 2002 Saturn LS81 complaints
  4. 2009 Saturn Outlook75 complaints
  5. 2007 Saturn Aura74 complaints

Lighting complaints by model year

Saturn lighting complaints by model year 0 175 350 1993: 5 '93 1994: 7 1995: 11 '95 1996: 8 1997: 9 '97 1998: 9 1999: 4 '99 2000: 82 2001: 63 '01 2002: 93 2003: 80 '03 2004: 50 2005: 44 '05 2006: 23 2007: 235 '07 2008: 312 2009: 109 '09 2010: 7
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19935
19947
199511
19968
19979
19989
19994
200082
200163
200293
200380
200450
200544
200623
2007235
2008312
2009109
20107

Among the 830 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 53,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.